Thanks to all of you for the great responses to my request for mystery titles for a
fourth grade class that had higher level vocabulary. I deeply appreciate your
input! I was asked to post a hit:
"Lily's Ghost" by Cheryl Drake Harris
Holes by Sachar
Weasel by DeFelice
Pleasing the Ghost by Sharon Creech
The Doll House Murders by Wright
Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett (mentioned five times)
Room One by Andrew Clements (mentioned three times)
Gilda Joyce series by Jennifer Allison--I liked the second one (Ladies of the Lake)
the best; Enola Holmes (Sherlock's younger sister) mysteries by Nancy Springer;
Skullduggery Pleasant (the skeleton detective) by Derek Landy; Down the Rabbit Hole
by Peter Abrahams (Echo Falls mysteries); Half Moon Investigations by Eoin Colfer.
Trapped in Death Cave by Bill Wallace
Is anybody there? by Eve Bunting or the Herculeah Jones series by Betsy Byars.
National Park Mystery series is also quite good by Gloria Skurzinsky (sp?) Sammy
Keyes by Wendelin Van Draanen
Running Out of Time.
The Westing Game by Raskin (mentioned five times)
Mixed up Files of Mrs Basil E Frankenweiler (mentioned twice)
Joseph Bruchac's Skeleton Man
From Charlie's Point of View
Mr. Chickee's funny money / Christopher Paul Curtis
Bailliot's mysteries; Winterfield-Detectives in Togas; the Ostia mystery
series Ancient Rome; Golden Goblet; House of Dies Drear
Caroline Lawrence...The Roman Mysteries
Enola Holmes Mysteries such as The Mystery of the Missing
Marquess or The Mystery of the Left Handed Lady
Avi's TRUE CONFESSIONS OF CHARLOTTE DOYLE
The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian
Selznick
--
Terri L. Jeffrey
Library Media Specialist
Little Cedars Elementary School
7408 - 144th Place SE
Snohomish, WA 98296
tljeffrey@comcast.net
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